STOCKTON — The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of putting in place a 12-month moratorium on permitting certain activities at wineries in the county’s rural area, including the backbone of the booming Lodi wine region.

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Correction: Today’s vote does not enact the moratorium. The proposed moratorium still requires a final approval at a later date, according to San Joaquin County officials.

STOCKTON — The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of putting in place a 12-month moratorium on permitting certain activities at wineries in the county’s rural area, include the backbone of the booming Lodi wine region.

The proliferation of marketing events at wineries in the county’s agricultural zones had stirred controversy, particularly when county officials first raised the idea of putting a moratorium in place until the rules governing the county’s wine region could be rewritten to be more relevant to a wine region coming of age and bumping up against neighbors and other farmers in the area.

Today, the board voted to speed up the efforts to revise the county’s wine ordinance and to put a moratorium in place for as long as a year or until the rules are revised.

“New wineries can come in. Existing wineries can expand,” said Supervisor Steve Bestolarides, introducing the motion. “The moratorium is specific only to the event centers.”

The issue passed with a 3-1 vote. Supervisors Larry Ruhstaller and Carlos Villapudua joined Bestolarides in the vote. Chairman Ken Vogel dissented. Vice Chairman Bob Elliott was not at the meeting.

The vote did not put the moratorium in place, and the board would review a proposed moratorium for final approval at a later date, according to Assistant County Counsel Mark Myles.

Read Wednesday’s Record for more on this story by staff writer Zachary K. Johnson.